The salads bought from the grocery store thrive on our kitchen window sill.

I can put basil into any food from salads to sauces. At its best it is spread over the tomato puré in pizzas. One pizza requires quite a lot of basil, but if basil is cultivated on the sill, it'll grow back in no time. Basil, olive oil and some peppar into a mortar and then spread on the pizza.

I knitted this bonnet to go with the child's green wrap dress that was in the previous post. Fingers crossed that the hat fits the child, since my knowledge of the children's size system is something between zero and a very negative number. Oh well, hubby's sister is going to have a very fancy dishcloth if the bonnet doesn't fit.

The summer and a lots of time in my hands have made me sew children's clothes four days in a row. I think that children's clothes are very mentally beneficial, since as easy and quick projects they bring instant gratification and one can use all the fabrics that one wouldn't use for adult's clothing.

I dug up an old Ottobre sewing magazine and some old fabrics. The ruffly green dress is made for Hubby's niece of pre-80's sheet and scraps of lace I've gathered from flea markets. There is some ruffle in the front of the dress and the fastening is in the back.

I made a pair of ruffly pants to go with the dress. I used rubber thread for the folding for the first time and it was relatively easy enough for me to use that technique some other time too.

The last piece of size 74cm clothing was this draping dress made of flex tricot. I myself love drapy tricot and snap fasteners, but am not sure whether this is very ideal piece of clothing for a crawling toddler.

For my godson I made overalls with short legs of a pillow case from the 70's and Marimekko cars fabric. I tried to use both of the fabrics entirely. Once again I got to use snap fasteners.

I decided to photo these bikinis without a model, since in my head I started adding my possible future job as a teacher to bikini pics. Simply: chills of grossness. It would be quite cruel if some middle schoolers found almost-nude-pics of their English teacher in the year X and I can't decide which party would be more traumatized. I don't usually consider bikinipics offensive or disapprove of them loudly, but this time I just came to a conclusion not to pose with these anywhere else but on beach... As soon as the water in the lakes gets warmer.

Maybe playing it safe, but can you remove anything from the Internet nowadays. At least, I feel like there's just one big SLURP when information disappears into the Internet Wonderland for eternity

The summer is here. No words can describe how heavenly it is to sweat when even a single, tiny muscle contracts and to catch the first sunstroke of the year. Summer always drives me irrational and idiotic.

This yarn is so heavenly that I had to keep touching the ready knit as I knitted. I fretted a couple of years ago when I received the ball as a gift that one ball won't be enough, but as you can see, it was enough for a scarf.

I modified my old jacket, when I needed a high-waisted skirt. The waist strip in the back is made of shreds of fabric, but I couldn't get a picture of it since my photographer was too eager to start watching a TV-series.

The fabric is very durable, it used to have some rough-weather chemical treatment back in the 80's. I left all the collars and snap fasteners in their place and used them as parts of the skirt.

... I probably should iron that skirt to make it look more presentable. But I have to admit that this has already become my favourite piece of clothing. Why, you ask me. Well, because with this high waist I know that I'm not showing more than I want to *cough, butt crack, cough*

My first year in the university is closing to an end and I'm doing a (mental) balancing of accounts. This year's amount of balance:- Knitting (lots and lots of)- New buddies (It's like going to the first grade all over again - except the feeling lasted the whole year)- Nervous breakdowns and hissy, crying and bitchy fits- Got hooked on Singstar and dancing

On the whole, it has become perfectly clear that English is exactly the branch I want to work in when I grow up.

Another Kate Gagnon Osborn beret. I just love her work and her patterns clear, easy and fast.